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  • Alas, the sun-king of Turkmenistan, the wily, wacky Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Nyazov, "the father of all Turkmen" (descendants of a formidable race of nomadic horseback warriors who used to attack Silk Road caravans) is now dead.

    Pepe Escobar: Blue Gold, Turkmen Bashes, and Asian Grids 2009

  • This is code for demonic possesion of Elizabeth's grandfather, George V. It is significant that this is to be the queen's mother and not Diana mother of William, the sun-king in waiting.

    Why I Love Urban75 Laban 2003

  • This is code for demonic possesion of Elizabeth's grandfather, George V. It is significant that this is to be the queen's mother and not Diana mother of William, the sun-king in waiting.

    Archive 2003-11-09 Laban 2003

  • At the time of the Persian wars, most mainland Greeks were repelled by the Oriental notion of a sun-king, embodying divine law, and hence abso - lute.

    DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968

  • At the time of the Persian wars, most mainland Greeks were repelled by the Oriental notion of a sun-king, embodying divine law, and hence abso - lute.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1925

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